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2021-06-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Hitler's tracks: Concentration camp at the Kommunar state farm, Novgorod region

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Posted by badanov 2021-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 for decades, the Wehrmacht veterans have claimed that they were the "clean Germans" in contrast with the SS. As is clear from these discussions the last few days, the military were just as dirty as the SS.

It is notable that all the extermination activities in these camps took place without any participation by the SS. In addition this did not include any "special minorities". Instead they killed Russian civilians and POWs protected by the Geneva Convention.

Posted by Jack Whomotch5643 2021-06-29 12:29|| 2021-06-29 12:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
"...While this book discusses a specific Reserve Unit during WWII, the general argument Browning makes is that most people succumb to the pressures of a group setting and commit actions they would never do of their own volition."

Posted by magpie 2021-06-29 12:47|| 2021-06-29 12:47|| Front Page Top

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